Syria, Venezuela urge freedom from 'imperialism' http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39768

Chavez said Assad's visit was part of a "strategic project of cooperation to build the Caracas-Damascus axis" linking the two socialist countries."Our calling is to play a key role in freeing the world (by fighting) against imperialism, against capitalist and neoliberal hegemony that today threatens the survival of the human race," Chavez said.